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title: "Why did Alexander Hamilton propose paying the entire national debt at its face value?"  
description: "Why did Alexander Hamilton propose paying the entire national debt at its face value?"  
author: "James ann"  
published: 2018-05-12  
canonical: https://answers.mindstick.com/qa/42236/why-did-alexander-hamilton-propose-paying-the-entire-national-debt-at-its-face-value  
category: "history, politics & society"  
tags: ["usa history"]  
reading_time: 1 minute  

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# Why did Alexander Hamilton propose paying the entire national debt at its face value? 

Why did [Alexander Hamilton](https://answers.mindstick.com/qa/51392/when-did-alexander-hamilton-die) propose paying the entire [national debt](https://answers.mindstick.com/qa/103146/what-is-the-national-debt) at its face value?


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